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Al Franken to officially resign Jan. 2

Al Franken to officially resign Jan. 2

(UPI) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken plans to resign from Congress in early January, a spokesman for the Democratic Senator said Wednesday.

Franken will officially step down on Jan. 2, after he announced his resignation earlier in December as several women made allegations of unwanted sexual advances and more than a dozen other Democratic Senators called for him to step down.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, who was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton, will be sworn in to replace Franken the next day.

A special election to permanently fill the seat will be held in November 2018. Smith said she intends to run for the opportunity to carry out the remainder of Franken’s term, which ends in 2020.

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Franken, who was first elected to the Senate in 2008 and won re-election in 2014, said serving in the Senate “has been a great honor of my life,” upon announcing his resignation on Dec. 7.

In November, a photo of Franken acting as if he were touching a woman’s breasts as she slept during a USO performance tour overseas in 2006 emerged. The woman pictured said Franken forcibly kissed her during a rehearsal and groped her through a flak vest she wore traveling from Afghanistan to Los Angeles.

Several other women later reported they’d been harassed by Franken in some form, both before and after he was elected to the Senate.

He also said some of the allegations against him are “simply not true,” saying in particular he didn’t recall the rehearsal the same way, while offering an apology.

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So just what kind of retirement benefits does a proven molesting Senator get to take home with him? Let him resign, then go after his benefits. I’m tired of funding the pleasures of others not to mention their corruption while in office. He probably had to wait till the first of the year to quality for 10 years of service retirement. There is always method to their madness.

26K a year for what, 7 years in office, when i as a member of the Navy for 20 years, get roughly 19k a year for my retirement. WHAT GIVES HERE, when members of the MIL have to serve 20 to get not even 70% of what a scumbag politician gets for 1/3rd the number of years…

Good riddance, low life pervert. This shows one how stupid the liberal voters are, voting in a clown communist like Stuart Smalley! Not only that, but Senator Joe DemoRAT Manchin wanted good old Stuart Smalley to stay. Clown Manchin, per the Fake News media is considered a moderate! What kind of “moderate” would want a pervert to stay in the Senate. Secondly, what kind of so called “moderate” would vote for every big spending bill there is!

I’ll believe it when I see it. There are already Dems begging him not to resign.

And take a walk through his brain if you dare. He’s unapologetic and still doesn’t FEEL he did anything wrong. So why should he step down? Why voluntarily take any punishment for something he didn’t do wrong (at least according to his twisted mind)?

Here’s what’s going to happen, as we’ve seen it time and again with these guilty Dems.
1. Franken made the Dems look bad, even worse than normal.
2. They want him gone, so they can appear to have morals.
3. He doesn’t want to go because waaah!
4. Bribe mode engaged.
5. Franken resigns.
6. Some publishing company pays him 10 million to write a book called “What Happened Pt 2 The Squeakquel” or whatever.
7. Franken fills 100 pages with nonsense.
8. Nobody buys it or reads it.
9. He still already got his money.
10 George Soros pays off the publishing company.